Though the hybrid cloud model capitalizes on the benefits of both public and private clouds, it's not without its own risks. Debates about cloud security still linger, and the approach doesn't free you from unfair or confusing service-level agreements. But hybrid cloud can also solve many cloud risks by introducing cloud bursting and disaster recovery in what may be a more effective manner.

This essential guide hits on all the hybrid cloud model hot points -- deployment, management, the debates and the risks -- to ensure you're up to date on what could be the cloud model of the future.

1Hybrid cloud deployment-

Beginning a hybrid cloud project

The hybrid cloud model consists of at least one public cloud and one private cloud -- but deploying one isn't as easy as 1+1. Getting a hybrid cloud project off the ground means dealing with migration and integration challenges. Understanding how to get started on your hybrid cloud will be the key to success -- from choosing a provider to planning and executing a migration.

Although industry projections show enterprises will review or adopt hybrid cloud computing this year, many companies remain unclear on the basics. By simply following the NIST definition of hybrid cloud, enterprises may be missing three key pieces: security, connectivity and portability. Continue Reading

Using Agile and DevOps practices can make it easier to manage enterprise application deployment in a hybrid cloud, but achieving this kind of strategy takes careful planning. Continue Reading

2Hybrid cloud management-

Fine-tuning management strategies for the hybrid cloud

Once your hybrid cloud project is off the ground, you have to keep it up and running. You don't have to reinvent the wheel; management strategies for public and private clouds can be adjusted for your new IT environment -- but even that can be difficult. Make use of tools and tricks to effectively manage your hybrid cloud.

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3Hybrid cloud architecture-

Where hybrid cloud fits in the public vs. private cloud debate

By now, it's clear to enterprises and SMBs alike that public cloud can offer scalability, flexibility and other benefits, while private cloud capitalizes on increased control and, debatably, security. But companies don't have to choose sides in the public cloud versus private cloud battle. With hybrid cloud, enterprises can choose to have the best of both cloud worlds. Despite the past, the hybrid cloud model is rapidly becoming a destination architecture for IT departments, not just a stop along the way. And cloud providers are listening and pushing hybrid cloud services onto the market.

Understanding the desires of its customers, VMware will face off against Amazon Web Services with its upcoming vCloud Hybrid Cloud Service for dominance in the Infrastructure as a Service market. Continue Reading

The convergence of hardware, virtualization, public and private cloud creates a need for a new management system. Enter Red Hat's Open Hybrid Cloud. Continue Reading

4The hybrid cloud debate-

Assessing the risks of the hybrid cloud model

Though the hybrid cloud model seems to be a perfect solution for an enterprise IT department that wants control, security and all of the benefits of cloud services, a hybrid approach isn't without its own risks. Security remains an obstacle for IT departments -- when those IT departments can agree on a hybrid cloud vision in the first place. However, apps like cloud bursting and tools for management and identity can help smooth over some of these lingering debates on the validity of the hybrid cloud model in production environments.

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